from being unworthy of the Christian, or the philosopher: for, while they enlarge the bounds of our knowledge, and present a wide field for intellectual employment and innocent pleasure, they may serve to conduct us to the glorious Being." On 8 May 1848, two years after the death of his wife, George Young died of influenza at the age of 71 years. Notes References (second edition 1928) 1848 deaths 1777 births Scottish geologists 19th-century Scottish writers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Scottish Calvinist and Reformed theologians 19th-century Presbyterian ministers 19th-century British geologists Deaths from influenza 19th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians 19th-century Scottish theologians 19th-century Scottish scientists Scottish Presbyterian ministers ordained outside Scotland